WARNING: THERE ARE PUCKDOKU SPOILERS AHEAD. DO NOT CONTINUE SCROLLING IF YOU DON’T WANT TODAY’S PUZZLE SPOILED FOR YOU.
The new game “Puckdoku” is taking the hockey world by storm. Here’s how it works. There’s a 3×3 grid, and each row and column are marked with either a team or a statistic of some sort. You have to guess players who meet the criteria for both the column and the row for the square you’re on. For example…if your square is in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ column and the St. Louis Blue row…Ryan O’Reilly would work. If it’s in the Washington Capitals column and the row says “40+ goals in a season”, Alex Ovechkin would work. You can play the daily Puckdoku puzzle here:
There’s also a rarity score in the form of a percentage next to the player you guess…the lower the percentage, the more rare the guess. Once you start getting used to the game, you want to shoot for a low rarity score.
Without further ado, here are some hints for today’s Puckdoku puzzle. There’s a specific theme to this one, see if you can figure it out.
Devils/Sharks: Player was the subject of the biggest trade deadline deal in 2022-23
Avalanche/Sharks: Player is the highest-scoring Finnish forward of all time
Wild/Sharks: Player is a defenceman who has played forward in the past as well
Devils/Oilers: Player is a former first overall pick
Avalanche/Oilers: Player was traded to the Maple Leafs in a package for Nazem Kadri
Wild/Oilers: Player is a goaltender who was a first round pick of the Oilers
Devils 100+ career goals: Player is second only to Jaromir Jagr in all-time scoring among Czech forwards
Avalanche 100+ career goals: Player is now a general manager in the NHL
Wild 100+ career goals: Player’s brother had a lengthy career playing for the Montreal Canadiens and Anaheim Ducks
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Devils/Sharks: Timo Meier
Avalanche/Sharks: Teemu Selanne
Wild/Sharks: Brent Burns
Devils/Oilers: Taylor Hall
Avalanche/Oilers: Tyson Barrie
Wild/Oilers: Devan Dubnyk
Devils 100+ career goals: Patrik Elias
Avalanche 100+ career goals: Joe Sakic
Wild 100+ career goals: Mikko Koivu
